Journalist Victoria has said that her stripping off on TV to raise awareness of breast cancer is not "nudity for the sake of it" and cannot be compared to a revealing picture by Kim Kardashian.

The broadcaster is one of a group of eight female stars taking part in ITV's The Real Full Monty: Ladies' Night, following the success of an all-male version last year for prostate cancer, and she said she is "completely apprehensive" about it.

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The show will see Derbyshire and her co-stars - including Loose Women host Coleen Nolan and former Liberty X singer Michelle Heaton - create a show-stopping performance while battling their nerves and learning to love their bodies for the charitable cause.

Derbyshire, who went through chemotherapy, radiotherapy and a mastectomy following her breast cancer diagnosis in 2015, said that, while she had fears about taking part in the programme, she is comfortable with her body.

She told the Radio Times: "I'm not ashamed of how I look, but I do look different to other women, and the idea of revealing that is absolutely nerve-racking."

Derbyshire, 49, said she does not have "body issues" in her house, and that she walks around naked in front of her partner Mark Sandell and their two sons Oliver and Joe, because it is "no big deal".